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Men Without Women
Also known as La tragedia submarina in Argentina and Spain; Hommes sans femmes and S. 13 in France; U 13 in Germany; To ypovryhion 13 in Greece; Il sottomarino in Italy
(1930) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 7774 feet / 77 minutes
Directed by John Ford
Cast: Kenneth MacKenna [Chief Torpedoman Burke], Frank Albertson [Ensign Albert Edward Price], Farrell MacDonald (J. Farrell MacDonald) [Costello], Warren Hymer [Kaufman], Paul Page [‘Hardsome’], Walter McGrail [Joe Cobb], Stuart Erwin [Radioman Jenkins], George LeGuere [‘Curly’ Pollock], Charles Gerrard (Charles K. Gerrard) [Commander Weymouth], Ben Hendricks Jr. [Murphy], Harry Tenbrook [‘Dutch’ Winkler], Warner Richmond [Lieutenant Commander Briddwell]; Roy Stewart [Captain Carson], Pat Somerset [Lieutenant Digby], Frank Baker [seaman], Wong Chung [a Chinese man in the Shanghai bar], Ivan Lebedeff [the man with a top hat in the bar], Alberto Morin [the postcard seller], Frank Richardson [a singing sailor in the Shanghai bar], Marion Morrison (John Wayne) [the radioman on the surface], Robert Parrish
Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation [John Ford Production]. / Produced by John Ford. Associate producer, James Kevin McGuinness. Screenplay and scenario by Dudley Nichols, from a screen story by John Ford and James Kevin McGuinness. Staged by Andrew Bennison. Settings (set design) by William S. Darling. Wardrobe by Sam Benson. Song “A Bird in a Gilded Cage” by Harry von Tilzer (music) and Arthur J. Lamb (lyrics). Technical advisor, Schuyler E. Grey. Assistant director, Edward O’Fearna. Cinematography by Joseph August (Joseph H. August). Sound engineers, W.D. Flick and W.W. Lindsay Jr. Editorial supervision by John Stone. Film editor, Walter Thompson + [Paul Weatherwax]. Titles (intertitles written) by Otis C. Freeman. Musical score by Carli Elinor + [Peter Brunelli, Glen Knight and R.H. Bassett]. / © 19 December 1929 by Fox Film Corporation [LP1016]. Premiered 31 January 1930 in New York, New York. Released 9 February 1930. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was released in the United Kingdom on 14 July 1930. The film was released in Spain on 15 November 1930. The film was released in France on 1 May 1931. The film was released in Portugal on 4 May 1931. [?] There is evidence that the film was released in the USA as a full-sound film, but the surviving material at the Museum of Modern Art appears to be a work-in-progress workprint compilation of sound and silent footage. / [?] Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects or Full-sound film?
Comedy-Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive [35mm nitrate positive (workprint of the English language international export version)].
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Listing updated: 10 January 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Eyman-Wayne pp. 44-45 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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